Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Junkyard Find: 1982 Chevrolet Citation

19 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinThe Chevy Citation (and X-body Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Buick siblings) was built in large quantities during its 1980-1985 run, but disappeared from American streets fairly quickly; by the middle 1990s, an X-body in running condition was a rare sight. Still, I run across them in junkyards now and then. In this series, we've seen this '80 Skylark, this '81 Citation, this '82 Citation, and this '83 Citation, and I've declined to photograph many more. I spotted today's find in a Northern California wrecking yard back in March, and it's a loaded hatchback with V6, automatic, and refrigerator-white paint.
17 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinThe Citation's real and perceived quality issues did plenty of damage to GM's reputation, helping to push ever more car shoppers into the nearest Toyota or Datsun showroom.
01 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinThe replacement for the Nova had to be a light front-wheel-drive car, due to CAFE standards coupled with the need to compete with the spacious-inside Accord, and at first the Citation seemed to get the job done.
10 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinThis one has the created-for-the-X-body 60-degree V6 engine instead of the base Iron Duke. The descendents of this engine family are still with us today, now making over 300 horsepower.
04 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinThe Citation's interior was roomier than the rear-wheel-drive Nova, and the car got much better fuel economy. Unfortunately, it held together more like a Fiat than like the kind of car Chevy shoppers had come to expect.


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01 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 02 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 03 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 04 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 05 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 06 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 07 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 08 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 09 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 10 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 11 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 12 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 13 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 14 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 15 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 16 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 17 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 18 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 19 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 20 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 21 - 1982 Chevrolet Citation Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin

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